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1965

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Second of Sergio Leone and Eastwood's "Spaghetti Westerns" and "Dollar" trilogy (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS being the first and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY the last). The Man With No Name (Eastwood) teams up with a gunslinger (Van Cleef) in order to extract reward money from Volonte, a vicious bandit. There is little doubt to .. Read more

Starring	Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski, Mario Brega
Director	Sergio Leone
Genres	Action/Adventure

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The second instalment of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy is the best and most influential of the three. Honing the stylised visuals and dark humour of the original, Leone takes this opportunity to develop such future genre staples as the uneasy alliance against a common foe and the three-way shoot-out. But, while the pursuit of bandit Gian Maria Volonté by bounty hunters Clint Eastwood (motivated by greed) and Lee Van Cleef (driven by revenge) forms the core of the action, it's the attention to everyday detail and the symbols of a passing era (religion and the railroad) that give this operatic classic its distinctive aura.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Vague, inflated, sometimes good-looking sequel to A Fistful of Dollars, with customary violence and predictably mean performances.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
The one in which Eastwood and Van Cleef, bounty hunters both, reluctantly join forces to take on psychotic bandit... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

Spaghetti Polonaise

The second instalment is in many ways superior to the first, with Leone clearly gaining in confidence between the two films. As a result, part two of the trilogy has a simpler narrative, and is longer, allowing Leone more space to develop what became his trademarks of long scenes with swirling music and camerawork, at times balletic and operatic.

Clint is once again tremendous in a role more about physical presence than dialogue, and is joined by a worthwhile companion in Lee Van Cleef, who of course reappears in the final episode too.

Once again, Leone has abandoned the traditional Western's moral simplicities and given us something that, while clearly aware of good and evil, often blurs the boundaries between the two, and gives us an overall sense of human misery and degradation.

The Western was never the same after this - thank God.
- - klauski from west sussex
  - Posted 08 Nov 2004 10:56
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Must be one of his best , a natural cowboy , can't say iv'e seen many of his films

i haven't enjoyed .
- - A customer from DUNFERMLINE
  - Posted 16 Aug 2004 01:00
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

ONE OF THE GREAT TRILOGY OF SPAGHETTI WESTERNSAND A TRUE MASTERPIECE FROM LEONE.IF YOU LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD THEN THIS IS HIM AT HIS BEST.
- - A customer from HORNCHURCH
  - Posted 19 Sep 2004 unknown
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Great entertainment

Just love it - good v evil in the wild west. Done well in every department.
- - edward cole from London (central)
  - Posted 08 Nov 2007 11:42
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

ONE OF THE GREAT TRILOGY OF SPAGHETTI WESTERNSAND A TRUE MASTERPIECE FROM LEONE.IF YOU LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD THEN THIS IS HIM AT HIS BEST.
- - A customer from HORNCHURCH
  - Posted 19 Sep 2004 unknown

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

Spaghetti Polonaise

The second instalment is in many ways superior to the first, with Leone clearly gaining in confidence between the two films. As a result, part two of the trilogy has a simpler narrative, and is longer, allowing Leone more space to develop what became his trademarks of long scenes with swirling music and camerawork, at times balletic and operatic.

Clint is once again tremendous in a role more about physical presence than dialogue, and is joined by a worthwhile companion in Lee Van Cleef, who of course reappears in the final episode too.

Once again, Leone has abandoned the traditional Western's moral simplicities and given us something that, while clearly aware of good and evil, often blurs the boundaries between the two, and gives us an overall sense of human misery and degradation.

The Western was never the same after this - thank God.
- - klauski from west sussex
  - Posted 08 Nov 2004 10:56
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Must be one of his best , a natural cowboy , can't say iv'e seen many of his films

i haven't enjoyed .
- - A customer from DUNFERMLINE
  - Posted 16 Aug 2004 01:00
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

ONE OF THE GREAT TRILOGY OF SPAGHETTI WESTERNSAND A TRUE MASTERPIECE FROM LEONE.IF YOU LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD THEN THIS IS HIM AT HIS BEST.
- - A customer from HORNCHURCH
  - Posted 19 Sep 2004 unknown
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Wicked!

Bang bang, bang bang, and more bang bang! Watched it many times before and watching it on DVD was a great experience.

The cast, the story line and action is great. 7/7 Cheers!
- - xyraxl from london
  - Posted 01 Dec 2004 20:11
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

a very atmospheric film by the wonderful sergio leone. a little slow at times, but the tension builds up well.
- - laura84#1 from SALISBURY
  - Posted 21 Jun 2004 14:15
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Great entertainment

Just love it - good v evil in the wild west. Done well in every department.
- - edward cole from London (central)
  - Posted 08 Nov 2007 11:42
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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'For A Few Dollars More'

CLASSIC eastwood Western, I forgot just how good they are, going to rent them all
- - ian3 from Salisbury
  - Posted 04 Apr 2008 16:59
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Blue eyes

Great. Clint, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volante, Sergio Leone - just a fantastic remake of Yojimbo. The relationship between the young upstart Eastwood and the older, amused but tired and set-on-revenge Van Cleef is excellently played.

If you haven't seen this before and like Leone's style of brooding, slightly tongue-in-cheek westerns then watch it now. In fact watch it anyway!
- - Peter from London, UK
  - Posted 23 Jun 2004 11:55
A Classic Western in every respect , right from the opening theme music to the tri party shoot out this film grips and keeps you glued to the very edge of your seat WESTERN`S DONT COME ANY BETTER THAN THIS.
- - Oscar#1 from OSSETT
  - Posted 16 Oct 2004 15:31
Good Western

Being a Clint Eastwood fan i like nearly everything he's done, this western is not as good as The Good The Bad & The Ugly & The Magnificent Seven, but still rentable.
- - A customer from Birmingham
  - Posted 15 Nov 2004 08:31

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Critics' reviews (3)
The second instalment of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy is the best and most influential of the three. Honing the stylised visuals and dark humour of the original, Leone takes this opportunity to develop such future genre staples as the uneasy alliance against a common foe and the three-way shoot-out. But, while the pursuit of bandit Gian Maria Volonté by bounty hunters Clint Eastwood (motivated by greed) and Lee Van Cleef (driven by revenge) forms the core of the action, it's the attention to everyday detail and the symbols of a passing era (religion and the railroad) that give this operatic classic its distinctive aura.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Vague, inflated, sometimes good-looking sequel to A Fistful of Dollars, with customary violence and predictably mean performances.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
The one in which Eastwood and Van Cleef, bounty hunters both, reluctantly join forces to take on psychotic bandit... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  Second of Sergio Leone and Eastwood's "Spaghetti Westerns" and "Dollar" trilogy (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS being the first and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY the last). The Man With No Name (Eastwood) teams up with a gunslinger (Van Cleef) in order to extract reward money from Volonte, a vicious bandit. ...